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Jan 18, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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Figures from our #UKPoverty2022 report warn of a harmful legacy, with half a million more children sinking into very deep poverty.

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Our state of the nation report into poverty in the UK reveals that 1.8 million children are growing up in very deep poverty, meaning family incomes are so low that they are completely inadequate to cover the basics.
Large numbers of children were living on low incomes for prolonged periods of time in the years running up the pandemic.

For many young children, this persistence of poverty means going without essentials is all they have ever known or can remember
People living in deep and persistent poverty were already under constant pressure trying to afford food, bills and other essentials on incomes that don’t cover these costs prior to the pandemic.

They face difficulties in heating their homes and feeding their families A quote from JRF's Katie Schmuecker, Deputy Director of Poli
As energy bills are expected to soar and inflation is forecast to remain high, without additional support people living in deep and persistent poverty could be pushed to breaking point. A quote from Katie Schmuecker, Deputy Director of Policy and
After the cut to #UniversalCredit in the autumn, support for people who are unable to work or looking for work remains profoundly inadequate.

We are calling for an immediate emergency payment for people on the lowest incomes to help prevent hardship in the months ahead
Read the key findings of our #UKPoverty2022 report, which looks comprehensively at trends in poverty across all its characteristics and impacts, here 👇

jrf.org.uk/report/uk-pove…
Do you have a question about the data behind #UKPoverty2022?

Our analysts will be answering your questions in a live Twitter Q&A on Friday 21 January from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Submit your questions by replying to this tweet. #AskAnAnalyst Live Twitter Q&A. Ask a JRF analyst your questions on the da

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Today's #Budget2024 won’t be enough to fix the foundations for millions who struggle winter after winter in devastating hardship.

The people who needed to feel the most change are those living in and at risk of hardship. 🔽 1/4 Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, is seen with the red dispatch box (budget box) outside 11 Downing Street in Westminster today, ahead of making her autumn budget statement to the House of Commons later.
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But... 2/4
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Jun 27
With one week until the General Election, over 200 orgs have come together to ask Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer to put hardship at the top of their to-do list

7 million low income households were going without essentials like food and adequate clothing #OurEssentials 🧵 (1/5)
📝 Organisations who have added their signature include food banks, economic support groups and advice forums.

Health and wellbeing, housing, homelessness and community services, third sector, disability and women's orgs, carers, and environmental groups have also signed. (2/5)
🔎Almost 4 million people experienced destitution in 2022 – more than double the 2017 figure, including:
- 1 million children.
- 2.4 million people with a disability or limiting health condition.
In the sixth richest country in the world, this is shameful. (3/5)
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May 22
Today’s @ONS figures show that the rate of inflation is coming down- But the damage of the last few years remains an open wound that continues to go mostly untreated.

(1/5) 🧵
The Prime Minister says the plan is working and the Chancellor says the economy is returning to full health.

❌ However, inflation is not a measure of poverty and celebrating this figure ignores the gravity of the broader context of poverty in the UK.

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Mar 19
🗣️ Private landlords are capitalising on the housing crisis leaving taxpayers and local councils to foot the bill for poor quality properties.

📒 Our latest report sets out how socialisation can – in targeted ways – play an important role in solving the housing crisis 🔽

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🏘️ Socialisation is a process where private homes are bought up by councils, housing associations and community groups to use as affordable social homes.

(2/10) What is socialisation? with big turquoise question mark
📈With the demand for temporary accommodation growing, there’s been a dramatic rise in private companies renting poor quality homes to local authorities per night at a premium.

Over 10% of local authorities spend over £1 in every £20 on temporary accommodation.

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In the next few days, films inspired by A Christmas Carol will be hard to avoid.

Yet looking back on 2023, it’s the opening line of Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities (‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’), that feels more relevant. 🧵🔽 (1/20)
📊Here, we share some of the emotional highs and lows of the past twelve months.

A year where JRF embarked on an ambitious new long-term strategy to address the dysfunctions of the present while supporting those nurturing more hopeful futures.



(2/20)jrf.org.uk/the-moment-we-…
📈 As the cost-of-living crisis entered its second year, we saw more low-income households forced into impossible choices about which essentials to live without because of rising prices and costlier debt.

(3/20)
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Oct 24, 2023
Destitution is when people cannot afford to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean and fed.

Our new report reveals a shameful rise in the number of people experiencing destitution in the UK.

Here are the key findings 🧵

#DontIgnoreDestitution
Around 3.8 million people experienced destitution in 2022, a 61% rise since 2019. ⬆️

This included around 1 million children, an 88% rise since 2019. ⬆️

The no. of people experiencing destitution has more than doubled in the last 5 years, while the no. of children has tripled. Around 3.8 million people experienced destitution in 2022. This included around a million children. #DontIgnoreDestitution. An image of a rubber duck, a dummy and a teddy bear.
Almost two thirds (62%) of people who experienced destitution in 2022 reported a disability or chronic health problem. 🏥💊

This has increased – it was 54% in 2019.

#DontIgnoreDestitution An illustration of a plus sign in a circle. Almost two thirds of people who experienced destitution in 2022 reported a disability or chronic health problem. #DontIgnoreDestitution
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